Tent-pole attachment



(No Model.)

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Patented ug. 7, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.'

CHARLES GIESSEN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,086, dated August 7, 1894.

\ Application nea May 2s, 1894.

invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to` make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in tent-pole attachments, the object being to construct an attachment of the character indlcated that willr constitute a rack yfor hats, coats, and wearing apparel generally; that is readily separable into its component elements; that is quickly applicable to and detachable from a tent-pole, and that is simple 1n construction and inexpensive.

With this object in View, my invention con- `sists in certain features of construction, and

in combinations of parts, hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vlew in perspective of a tent-pole attachment embodying my invention, said drawing exhibiting the attachment secured to the pole. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation in detaild partly in section on line 2-2, Fig. 1. F1g. 3 is an enlarged plan in detail, partly in section on line 33,Fig. 1. l Fig. 4 is a detail in section on line 4--4., Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a tent-pole provided with my improved attachment that is shown to comprise in the main, a pair of bars B Varranged horizontally at opposite sides, respectively, of the pole. Bars B are detachably secured to the pole in any suitable manner, preferably by means of a pair of metallic plates C arranged with the pole and bars B between them and with bolts D extending through said plates and through bars B and with thumb-nutsdmounted upon the threaded shanks of the bolts, and by tightening which bars B are securely but detachably clamped to the tent-,pole (see Fig. 3). Bars B are preferably further supported from the tent-pole by means of a pair of tie-rods E that are suitably secured to the ends of bars B, preferably by means of bolts and Serial No. 512,709. (No model.)

thumb nuts e e', respectively', from which point of attachment the tie-rods extend diagf onally upwardly to the tent-pole, to which both rods are secured by means of any suitable clamp, such, for instance, as is-constibar, and into said holes are fitted hook-bearing-arms or bars H, the hooks h whereof are screwed into the supporting-arms or bars in the usual manner and are designed to receive coats or other wearing apparel. The hookbearing arms or bars are also preferably provided with any suitable number of upright pegs or members H designed to receive hats, &c. v t

By the arrangement of two bars B at opposite sides of the tent-pole, respectively; as shown, ample bearing is afforded to the hookbearing-arms or members H.

Bars B are preferably made in two sections hinged together, as at b, whereby the ,same can be folded together for transportation.

By the construction hereinbefore described, it will be observed that the component parts of the attachment can be readily separated, and that the attachment, by means of its knock-down feature, can be packed ina small space for transportation.

1. A tent-pole attachment consisting of two bars B bearing laterally-extending arms or members H, and clamp-plates C and bolts and nuts l) and d, respectively for detachably securing said bars to the tent-pole, substan- IOO plates G, and bolts and nuts g g', respectively, all substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I sign this specifca- 15 tion, in the presence of two Witnesses, this 19th day of May, 1894.l

cHRLEs H. GiEssEN.

Witnesses:

C. H. DORER, WARD HOOVER.` 

